Month: October 2020
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Channels Television, AIT and Arise TV N3 million each over their “unprofessional coverage” of the EndSARS protests and the crisis that followed it. Acting Director-General of NBC Prof Armstrong Idachaba announced the sanction at a press conference in Abuja. He said that if the commission escalates the violations […]
The protesters were rallying in the town to join the demand for the scrapping of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad unit of the police when the incident happened. SaharaReporters gathered that the soldiers were led by one Colonel Abdulsamad Tanko, who ordered his men to shoot at the unarmed protesters. “The incident happened less than two […]
According to the BBC, the president announced the death toll during a virtual meeting with former leaders and security chiefs on Friday. Buhari was quoted as saying 51 civilians, 11 police officers, and seven soldiers had been killed in the unrest. A statement released by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, at the end of the meeting […]
A police officer and three other persons died on Thursday as hoodlums attacked various police stations in Anambra State. The police officer, whose name is yet to be ascertained, was killed and burnt by hoodlums in Nnewi, Anambra State. Police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed, in a situation report, said three other people suffered various degrees of […]
This is as the state government ordered the closure of all schools in the state for the rest of the week. Meanwhile, early Tuesday morning saw many schools unopened for academic activities. Additionally, the government directed the men of the Joint Security Anti-Crime Task Force Team codenamed operation burst to troubled part of the metropolis. […]
The police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed this in a statement, said three others sustained various degrees of injuries. He said the victims were rushed to the hospital for medical attention, adding they were responding to treatment. He said five persons were attacked in Onitsha and taken to the hospital for medical attention where three […]
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The DPO of Olosan Police Station, CSP Ayodele Arogbo (Gbakoje), has been accused of leading policemen in the shooting. No fewer than 13 people have been killed by men of the Nigeria Police in the Mushin suburb of Lagos. The incident occurred on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, when protesters who were on a peaceful march […]
An eyewitness narrated that the killed protesters were moving close to the police station to demand production of a police officer that fired and killed protesters in the same area on Wednesday. Other people along the area said that three persons were killed today but only two dead bodies were conveyed in a wheelbarrow and […]